...recommend the consolidation of all aging programs under the Administration on Aging. At the local level, all titles of the Older Americans Act should be administered through the area agencies on aging, the unit established for the development and delivery of services at the local...

...four primary objectives: FIRST, THE CONGRESS NEEDS TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY AUTHORITY AND RESOURCES TO THE ADMINISTRATION ON AGING, STATE UNITS ON AGING AND AREA AGENCIES ON AGING TO FUNCTION AS EFFECTIVE ADVOCATES FOR OLDER PERSONS AND EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATORS, PLANNERS,...

...Association of Area Agencies on Aging. The Older Americans Act should specify that the primary role of the Administration on Aging, State units on Aging, and Area Agencies on Aging, is one of advocacy in the development of a comprehensive and coordinated service delivery system to...

...with the L'omnissioner on Aging reporting directly to the Secretary. 2. All programs authorized under the older Americans Act should be administered through the Administration on Aging, the State Units on Aging and at State option through the Area Agencies on Aging. 3. The policymaking...

...which affect the elderly. Specifically, we urge your consideration of the following recommendations : All titles of the Older Americans Act should be administered through the Administration on Aging on a grant formula basis to the State units on aging in order to develop a comprehensive and coordinated...

...provided with adequate resources and increased technical assistance . 3. Administration of OAA Titles: All titles of the Older Americans Act should be administered through the Administration on Aging on a grant formula basis to the State Units on Aging in order to develop a comprehensive and coordinated...

...future that further system development and coordination will be realized. The aging network — that is, the Administration on Aging, State Units on Aging, and Area Agencies on Aging — is Congress's primary mechanism for eliminating the fragmentation and random proliferation of services...

...partnerships and regular communication between and among the national network on aging, composed of the Administration on Aging, State Units on Aging, and Area Agencies on Aging, and all other interested groups. It provides technical assistance, referral services, monitors and...

...partnerships and regular communication between and among the national network on aging, composed of the Administration on Aging, State Units on Aging, and Area Agencies on Aging, and all other interested groups. It provides technical assistance, referral services, monitors and...

...American Indians were hardly served at all. These survey reports also showed that in the staffing of the Administration on Aging, State units on aging, and area agencies on aging, ethnic minorities were not proportionately represented. And again, American Indians, least of all....